: Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend — almost 50 times more in 24 hours than what the usual daily average is here. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.
Sekoetlane Phamodi is a development worker with over a decade’s postgraduate experience in building public policy and advocacy initiatives on information and communication rights, media development, and good governance in South Africa and the continent. They currently work as programme director of the New Economy Hub.
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Read the second edition of Climate Connection South Africa’s energy CEOs say they’re committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions while keeping the grid going and maintaining profit margins and jobs. But with deep pockets and easy access to decision-m …
Tanya Pampalone is Bhekisisa's business development consultant. Pampalone is the former managing editor of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, executive editor of the Mail & Guardian and head of partnerships and audience development for The Conversation Africa. Now a communications, strategy and fundraising consultant, she works with non-profit and mission-driven media groups in San Francisco and Johannesburg.
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/March 13, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/December 4, 2023
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/November 7, 2023
South Africa’s growing obesity epidemic won’t be reversed by preaching healthier eating habits and exercise alone; there’s a growing realisation that the food industry needs to change, write David Harrison and Liezel Engelbrecht.
David Harrison is a medical doctor and the chief executive officer at the DG Murray Trust, a public innovation fund based in Cape Town.
- David Harrisonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/david-harrison/February 13, 2024
- David Harrisonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/david-harrison/March 2, 2023
Liezel Engelbrecht is an innovation manager and nutrition specialist at the DG Murray Trust.
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A new tuberculosis vaccine is being tested in South Africa as part of a large trial in which about 20 000 people from seven countries will get their shots. We visited a rural site in KwaZulu-Natal to see how it is being rolled out.
Sipokazi Fokazi is Bhekisisa's senior health news reporter.
- Sipokazi Fokazihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/sipokazif/March 20, 2024
The National Health Insurance scheme is supposed to provide all South Africans with the healthcare many have fought and died for. But citizens are wary of trusting politicians with the public purse and point to Tembisa Hospital on the East Rand as an example of how money set aside for health, has been used for anything but.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 12, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 8, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 2, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/December 1, 2023
Mohale Moloi worked at Bhekisisa as a television producer and health journalist from July 2021 to March 2024.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 2, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 12, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 8, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 5, 2024
Civil rights activist Koketso Moeti has been smoking for over 20 years. Yet she supports South Africa’s new Tobacco Bill, which bans indoor smoking, including vaping, in public buildings. Here’s why.
Koketso Moeti has a long background in civic activism and has over the years worked at the intersection of governance, communication and citizen action. In 2024 she was announced as an inaugural New Voices Advanced Advocacy Program fellow.
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With a fifth of antiretroviral or chronic medication parcels left uncollected in the Chris Hani district in the first three months of this year, bicycle deliveries by Siphelo Lose are a lifeline to people in rural areas who can’t get to clinics. In this #SliceofLife he shares his story.
Christina Pitt is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/March 1, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/January 29, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/October 20, 2023
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/October 4, 2023
In theory, the National Health Insurance (NHI) could transform our failing healthcare system. But, many South Africans have little faith in the politicians who are supposed to look after the public purse. We take a look at how the residents of Tembisa cope with the results of corruption at their hospital, the systems that private medical aid schemes have in place to curb fraud, and how the planned NHI could benefit from being more transparent.
Mohale Moloi worked at Bhekisisa as a television producer and health journalist from July 2021 to March 2024.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 11, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 12, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 8, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 5, 2024
Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 29, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/February 26, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/February 6, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2024
Jessica Pitchford is Bhekisisa's TV and multimedia editor. She's been a journalist since the early nineties and has reported on some pivotal events in South Africa’s political history, such as the country’s transition to democracy and the work of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 29, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 26, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 9, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/January 30, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 12, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 8, 2024
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 29, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/March 12, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/March 5, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/February 26, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/April 29, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/February 26, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/January 30, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 11, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/December 1, 2023
More and more studies are showing that vaping is not harmless and that electronic smokes should be regulated the same way as traditional cigarettes — and governments are getting on board. A lung health expert from the University of Cape Town tells Mia Malan why in the February edition of Health Beat, Bhekisisa’s monthly TV programme.
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/January 23, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/January 19, 2024
The words we use to describe diseases tell us more about how people experience living with it. The isiXhosa word for tuberculosis, isifo sephepha, is a case in point. Understanding where it comes from can help to break down the stigma around the disease.
Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen is a South African medical doctor, co-founder of the NGO TB Proof and researcher at Oxford University.
- Helene-Mari van der Westhuizenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/helene-mari-van-der-westhuizen/October 18, 2023
- Helene-Mari van der Westhuizenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/helene-mari-van-der-westhuizen/September 7, 2021
- Helene-Mari van der Westhuizenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/helene-mari-van-der-westhuizen/March 19, 2021
- Helene-Mari van der Westhuizenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/helene-mari-van-der-westhuizen/October 26, 2020